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A28
body & soul
Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Wednesday, January 15, 2014
YOUR DAILY HEALTH
News and advice
They re a waistline-friendly snack known to boost
heart health, and loaded with enough other health
benefits to land them a coveted spot on a list of the
50 healthiest foods of all time.
Here are a few surprising facts about almonds.
Almonds are in the peach family
The nut we know as the almond is technically the
hard-shelled fruit of the almond tree, itself a member
of the prunus family. This category of stone fruit
encompasses trees and shrubs that produce edible
fruit like cherries, plums, peaches and nectarines.
Almonds are among the lowest-calorie nuts
Per one-ounce serving, almonds are tied with
cashews and pistachios at 160 calories, Health.com
reported. They also have more calcium than any
other nut, plus nearly 9 grams of monounsaturated,
heart-healthy fats, 6 grams of protein and 3.5 grams
of fibre per serving.
Almonds are best for you raw or dry roasted
When you see packaged nuts with the word "roast-
ed" on the front, consider this: They may have been
heated in trans or other unhealthy fats, Judy Caplan,
RD, told Health.com. Look for the words "raw" or
"dry-roasted" instead.
"Raw" almonds aren't exactly "raw"
Two salmonella outbreaks, one in 2001 and one
in 2004, were traced back to raw almonds from Cal-
Socioeconomic status could play a role in
whether a person becomes frail after a heart
attack, a new study suggests.
Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that
the risk of becoming clinically frail (determined by a
number of factors that indicate deterioration of
health) after a heart attack is twice as high for
poor people compared to wealthy people.
"By defining frailty, which combines many areas
of medicine, we can predict which people are at the
highest risk after a heart attack," study researcher
Vicki Myers says. "And we found a strong
connection between frailty and socioeconomic
status."
The study, which is published in the International
Journal of Cardiology, included 1,151 people in Israel
who had experienced a heart attack 10 to 13 years
before the start of the study. Researchers applied
an index of 40 health variables to determine the
participants' frailty; the variables included things
like energy levels, health problems and diseases
(like diabetes), physical inactivity, weight loss, daily
living limitations, ability to climb stairs, and health
deterioration.
Thirty-five per cent of the study participants
were deemed frail in the decade following their
heart attacks. In addition to socioeconomic status,
which was determined by education level and
family income, researchers found that being older,
being obese, and having suffered a severe heart
attack were all factors that seemed associated
with being frail post-heart attack. They were also
more likely to have lived in a poorer neighbourhood
and to have been unemployed.
Troublingly, researchers found that these frail
patients were less likely to receive medications
commonly taken after heart attack, to be admitted
to intensive care and to have had surgery.
ifornia. Since 2007, the USDA has required
almonds to be pasteurised before being
sold to the public.
You can make your own almond milk
All you ll need are some almonds, a
sweetener of your choosing, some water
and a food processor!
Surprising facts
about almonds
Poor face more health
dangers after heart attack
Almonds are tied with
cashews and pistachios at
160 calories; they also
have more calcium than
any other nut.